(SS) Adams v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN STEPHEN ADAMS, No. 2:17-cv-02087-EFB (SS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Commissioner of Social Security, 15 Defendant. 16 Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 406(b), counsel for plaintiff in the above-entitled action seeks an award of attorney fees in the amount of $25,500.00. ECF No. 30. Defendant has filed a statement of non-opposition and response to the motion. ECF No. 34. Plaintiff has filed a short response to defendant’s filing. ECF No. 35. Plaintiff filed the instant claim in October 2017, seeking judicial review of the Commissioner’s findings. ECF No. 1. In September 2019, this Court entered judgment for plaintiff and remanded the matter to the agency for further proceedings. ECF Nos. 23, 24. On remand, the agency determined that plaintiff had not received an overpayment of benefits and was entitled to past-due benefits of $178,501.00. ECF No. 30-2 at 1. The agency did not withhold 25% of past-due benefits…